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Bolder than the ferocious (boar). The head of which is borne in the arms

Lockhart

Hoc securior

Safer by this

Lockhart

Semper paratus pugnare pro patriâ

Always ready to fight for my country

Lockhart

Sine labe fides

Faith unspotted

Lockyer

Sedule et secunde

Diligently and prosperously

Locock

Victoria

Victory

Loftus

Loyal à mort

Loyal to death

Loftus

Loyal à la mort

Loyal to death

Loftus

Loyal au mort

Loyal to the dead

Loftus

Prend moi tel que je suis

Take me as I am

Logan

Hoc majorum virtus

The valour of my ancestors won this

Loghlan

Divina sibi canit

She sings divine songs to herself

Lomax

Fato prudentia major

Prudence is greater than fate

Londesborough

Adversa virtute repello

I repel adversity by virtue

Londonderry

Metuenda corolla draconis

The dragons crest is to be feared

Lone

I am alone

I am alone

Lonford

Gloria virtutis umbra

Glory is the shadow of virtue, i.e. its constant attendant

Long

Avance

Advance

Long

Confide rectè agens

Doing rightly be confident

Long

Ingenuas suscipit artes

He fosters the polite arts

Long

Iram leonis noli timere

Fear not the anger of the lion

Long

Pieux quoique preux

Pious although chivalrous

Long

Preux quoique pieux

Valiant though pious

Long

Suivez de lange

Follow the angel

Longbottom

Fortiter

Bravely

Longcroft

Nunc ut olim

Now as formerly

Longe

Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus

Without corn and wine love grows cold

Longeville-Clarke

Munus et monumentum victori Spures, 1513

A reward and remembrance of the victory of Spurs, 1513

Longfield

Parcere subjectis

To spare the conquered

Longley

Esse quam videri

To be rather than seem to be

Longstaff

Vigilate

Watch

Lonsdale

Magistratus indicat virum

The magistracy shows the man

Loraine

Lauro scutoque resurgo

I rise again with laurel and shield

Lord

Fortis in arduis

Brave under difficulties

Lord Dacre

Le roy le veut

It is the kings pleasure

Lord Howard De Walden-1784

Non quo, sed quo modo

Not for whom, but in what manner

Lorimer

Nulla salus bello

No safety in war

Lorimer

Virtutis gloria merces

Glory is the reward of valour

Lorton

Spes tutissima clis

The surest hope is in heaven

Lothian

Forward in the name of God

Forward in the name of God

Loughnan

Fortis et fidus

Brave and trusty

Louis

In Canopo ut ad Canopum

i.e. On board the Canopus, (which ship he commanded), as at Canopus, (Aboukir, where was the Canopic mouth of the Nile)

Louis

Nos aspera juvant

Difficulties benefit us

Louis

St. Domingo

St. Domingo

Lousada

Honneur me guide

Honour guides me

Lousada

Lhonneur me guide

Honour guides me

Louth

Festina lente

Be quick without impetuosity; or, as it may be punningly translated for the Onslow family, On slow.

Louthian

Non dormit qui custodit

The sentinel sleeps not

Lovat

Je suis prêt

I am ready

Lovelace

Labor ipse voluptas

Toil itself is pleasure

Lovelace

Prmium virtutis honor

Honour is the reward of virtue

Lovell

Tempus omnia monstrat

Time shows all things

Lovett

Spe

By hope

Low

Aspera me juvant

Difficulties delight me

Lowes

Dulces ante omnia Mus

The Muses are delightful above all things

Lowis

Non aspera juvant

Rough things do not delight

Lowis

Nos aspera juvant

Difficulties benefit us

Lowman

Par sit fortuna labori

Let the success be equal to the labour

Lowndes

Ways and means

Ways and means

Lowndes-Stones

Mediocria firma

Mediocrity is safe

Lowry

Floreant lauri

May the laurels flourish

Lowry

Virtus semper viridis

Virtue is ever green

Lowther

Magistratus indicat virum

The magistracy shows the man

Lowton

Amicis prodesse, nemini nocere

To do good to my friends, to injure nobody

Lubbock

Auctor pretiosa facit

The Giver makes them valuable

Lucadon

Omnia fert tas

Time brings all things

Lucas

Respice finem

Regard the end

Lucas

Stat religione parentum

He continues in the religion of his forefathers

Luccan

Spes mea Christus

Christ is my hope

Lucy

Be trwgh and delygent

Be trwgh and delygent

Lucy

By truth and diligence

By truth and diligence

Lucy

En avant

Forward

Lucy

Luce

With light

Lucy

Non nobis nascimur

We are not borne for ourselves

Lucy

With truth and diligence

With truth and diligence

Ludlow

Nec sperno, nec timeo

I neither despise nor fear

Ludlow

Spero infestis, metuo secundis

I hope in adversity, I fear in prosperity

Luenburg

In recto decus

Honour in acting right

Lumisden

Amor patitur moras

Love endures delay

Lumley

Albuera

Albuera

Lumley

Monte Video

Monte Video

Lumley

Murus neus, conscientia sana

A sound conscience is a wall of brass

Lumley

Usagre

Usagre

Lumsdaine

Beware in time

Beware in time

Lumsden

Beware in time

Beware in time

Lumsden

Dei dono sum quod sum

By the bounty of God I am what I am

Lumsden

I conquer or die

I conquer or die

Lumsden

Trusty to the end

Trusty to the end

Lunden

Tam genus quam virtus

As much lineage as virtue

Lundin

Dei dono sum quod sum

By the bounty of God I am what I am

Lurgan

Esse quam videri

To be rather than seem to be

Lutefoot

Addicunt aves

Birds ratify it

Luther

Ltitia per mortem

Joy through death

Luttrell

En Dieu est ma fiance

In God is my trust

Luttrell

Qusita Marte tuenda arte

Things obtained by war must be defended by art

Lutwidge

Deo, patri, amicis

To God, my country, and my friends

Luxmore

Securis fecit securum

My axe saved me

Lwethwait

Tiens à la vérité

Adhere to truth

Lyall

Sedulo et honeste

Diligently and honestly

Lydall

Et patribus et posteris

Both for our ancestors and our posterity

Lyde

Forti non ignavo

To the brave man, not to the dastard

Lyde

Non sibi

Not for himself

Lyell

At all times God me defend

At all times God me defend

Lyell

Forti non ignavo

To the brave man, not to the dastard

Lyell

Forti non ignavo

To the brave man, not to the dastard

Lyell

Tutela

A defence

Lygon

Ex fide fortis

Strong though faith

Lyle

An I may

An I may

Lyle

Forti non ignavo

To the brave man, not to the dastard

Lyle

Tutela

A defence

Lynch

Majora tenta prsentibus quus

When equal to the present, attempt greater things

Lynch

Semper constans et fidelis

Ever constant and faithful

Lyndhurst

Ultra pergere

To advance farther

Lynedoch

Candide et secure

Candidly and safely

Lynes

Foi, roi, droit

Faith, king, right

Lynes

Foy, roi, droit

Faith, king, duty

Lynn

Floreat crux

May the cross flourish

Lynxh

Semper fidelis

Always faithful

Lyon

Animo et prudentiâ

By courage and prudence

Lyon

In te, Domine, speravi

In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust

Lyon

Innixus vero validus

He that rests upon the truth is strong

Lyon

Lauro redimita quiescam

I will rest crowned with laurels

Lyon

Speravi

I have hoped

Lyons

Noli irritare leones

Do not exasperate the lions

Lyons

Speravi

I have hoped

Lyons

Virtute et fidelitate

By valour and fidelity

Lysaght

Bella! horrida bella!

Wars! Horrid wars!

Lysons

Valebit

He will prevail

Lyster

Loyal à la mort

Loyal to death

Lyster

Loyal au mort

Loyal to the dead

Lyster

Resistite usque fam

Keeping in the footsteps of good report

Lyte

Ltitia et spe immortalitatis

With joy and hope of immortality

Lyttleton

Renovato nomine

With renewed name

Lyttleton

Un Dieu, un roi

One God, one king

Lyttleton

Ung Dieu, ung roi

One God, one king

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